I am MOM

I am MOM
If I knew then what I know now . . .
"I take a very practical view of raising children. I put a sign in each of their rooms: 'Checkout Time is 18 years.'"
Erma Bombeck

Friday, March 12, 2010

From the Mouths of Babes



We were driving to school this morning – both girls were crying and yelling at each other, and pleading their cases to me: who was mean, who started it, and how in Ethiopia it’s “not like that!”.  I was doing my darndest to provide empathy and guidance, while driving to school as fast as I possibly could – desperate to avoid further conflict.
There was a brief moment of silence, and Yohannes who is not known to be silent for very long piped up and asked (in all seriousness),
            “Mom, if there was a nose-picking contest, do you think I would win?”

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